Gate to the PastbyBRITTANY PASSONSCreaking hingesshut tight,dark iron barskeep you from ever returning. A steel lock has been rusted shut by time,its key buried in the centerof the earth. Crystal icicles hang fromevery rain-washed crevice. Black dirt covers the bottom spikes. The guard behind the gatehas been sleeping forcenturies and soon you will find the gate has moved behind you and you have become frozen forever in a snapshot of the past.

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Brittany Passons is an undergraduate at the University of Southern Mississippi. She is married and loves to write poetry. She spends most of her free time entertaining her two adorable children, Aiden and Adelaide.